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about 1996 · Context

St. Anthony's Hospital merges with High Plains Baptist Hospital; the downtown building later closes

St. Anthony's Hospital opened in 1901 as the first hospital in Potter County and housed the Panhandle's first school of nursing in 1909. It merged with High Plains Baptist Hospital in 1996 and operations gradually moved to the Baptist campus in west Amarillo. News reports give the closing year of the St. Anthony's site as 2001 or 2004. The building then sat vacant.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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St. Anthony's Hospital opened in 1901 as the first hospital in Potter County and housed the Panhandle's first school of nursing in 1909. It merged with High Plains Baptist Hospital in 1996, and operations gradually moved to the Baptist campus. ^[1]^[2]
⚠ Sources differ
News reports give different years for the closing of the St. Anthony's Hospital site.
Reported value 1[1]
Year
2,001
KVII (August 2022) says the hospital closed in 2001.
Reported value 2[3][2]
Year
2,004
The Amarillo Globe-News (August 2022) says it closed in 2004; KAMR (June 2026) says the site sat vacant after closing in 2004.